Tim O'Brien writes about his younger daughter in the chapter Ambush, along with a few other chapters, her name is Kathleen and she is nine years old. O'Brien tells us of the questions that she asks him, like why he writes these war stories? However the one that is truly significant is when she asks if he had ever "killed somebody." He tells us "it was a difficult moment, but [he] did what seemed right" which in this case was to tell her "of course not." I think that this was a good idea to lie to her because she is so young to fully understand the war and why so many deaths occured. Also he continues to say that he "hope['s] she'll ask again" so he can tell her "exactly what happened."
Even though she is just a little girl, she still see's right through her dads cover, with reference to why he keeps writing all these war stories. She knows that there is a reason behind it and I hope that she never gives up on him.
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